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Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Calvin C. Jen, Calvin College; Tyler Scott Helmus, Calvin College; Steven H. VanderLeest, Calvin College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2011-873: TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH VIRTUESCalvin C. Jen, Calvin College Cal Jen, M.Arch., is currently serving as an associate professor of business at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI where he has taught business full-time for the past 4 years. He has previously taught archi- tecture for 12 years as adjunct faculty at the University of Michigan and at Calvin College. He has 30 years of business experience in architecture and corporate management including 15 years as the founder and principal architect of AMDG Architects, and 9 years as the senior vice president of real estate and human resources for Domino’s Farms (global headquarters of Domino’s Pizza). Cal has also served on a wide variety of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Faculty Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University-Pueblo

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

system - a desktop punch press suitable foruse in a laboratory environment. First, a preliminary flawed design is analyzed to identifyphysical contradiction. An S-field analysis is performed so that a new design having the physicalcontradiction resolved can be proposed and implemented.Introduction The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has predicted that this year the U.S. willlose its world leadership standing in manufacturing. While this fact does not seem to beimportant today, the consequences are far reaching and may be catastrophic to our nation.Michael Wessel, a member of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commissionclaimed that “we no longer have the domestic capacity to produce enough ammunition to supplyour troops

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory W. Davis, Kettering University; Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University; William J. Riffe, Kettering University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2011-2443: INCORPORATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTO MECHAN-ICAL ENGINEERING AUTOMOTIVE COURSES: TWO CASE STUDIESGregory W. Davis, Kettering University Dr. Gregory W. Davis is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University, formerly known as GMI Engineering & Management Institute. Acting in this capacity, he teaches courses in the Auto- motive and Thermal Science disciplines. He also serves a Director of the Advanced Engine Research Laboratory, where he conducts research in alternative fuels and engines. Currently, Greg serves as the faculty advisor for one of the largest Student Chapters of the Society of Automotive Engineers(SAE) and the Clean Snowmobile Challenge Project. Greg is also active on

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ken Vickers, University of Arkansas; Carol Reeves, University of Arkansas

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

University and has mentored more than 30 undergrad- uate and graduate business plan teams since 2002. In 2010, Carol’s teams won more national business plan competitions than teams from any one university in the 25 year history of the competitions. Carol has won two national awards for innovation in entrepreneurship pedagogy and won the prestigious University of Arkansas Alumni Association Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching in 2009. She earned a Ph.D. in Strategic Management with an Entrepreneurship Concentration from the University of Georgia in 1988. Page 22.944.1 c

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Novel Entrepreneurship Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James V. Green, University of Maryland, College Park

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2011-503: BRINGING A TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP CUR-RICULUM ONLINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDJames V. Green, University of Maryland, College Park Dr. James V. Green leads the education activities of Mtech at the University of Maryland as the Di- rector of Entrepreneurship Education with responsibilities for the Hinman CEOs Program, the Hillman Entrepreneurs Program, and the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program. As a Senior Lecturer and Associate Director with Mtech, Dr. Green designs and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in entrepreneurship and technology commercialization. He leads Mtech’s international entrepreneurship education initiatives to include establishing and managing partnerships. Dr

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Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Marchese, Colorado State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2011-1606: DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GRADUATE COURSE INSUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SCIENTISTSAND ENGINEERSAnthony Marchese, Colorado State University Anthony Marchese is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University and a PI at the Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and B.S. and M.S. degrees from Rensselaer Polytech- nic Institute. He is currently funded by NSF to study pollutant formation and combustion chemistry of algae-derived biofuels and is the fuel conversion/characterization team leader for the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts, a $48 Million

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald M Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University; Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2011-19: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENT COMPETITIVE AC-TIVITIES AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSETDonald M Reimer, Lawrence Technological University Donald Reimer is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Engineering and Director of Entrepreneurial Pro- grams, College of Engineering, at Lawrence Technological University. He teaches Corporate Entrepreneur- ship for Engineers and Structured Approaches to Innovation in the Lear Entrepreneurial Program. Mr. Reimer is the faculty advisor for the Lawrence Tech Chapter of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organi- zation. He serves as a Kern Fellow in the Kern Entrepreneurial Education Network. Mr. Reimer also serves as the Program Director for the Coleman Foundation Faculty

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Samuel N. Peffers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jameel Ahmed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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products businesses. Schindel earned the BS and MS in Mathematics.Samuel N. Peffers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Peffers is Professor of Military Science at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech- nology and a PhD student in Technology Management at Indiana State University.James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology James Hanson is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where he has been teaching since 2002. Among the courses he teaches is the capstone design course where he has begun to introduce training on innovation to complement the systems approach to design. He has received several teaching and paper awards including the ASEE

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Research and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; David Pistrui, Acumen Dynamics, LLC

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

effectiveness of theassessment in measuring our abilities to teach and integrate the entrepreneurial mindset into ourdegree plans. This paper will document the selection of the assessment instrument, itsdeployment, and an initial analysis of the results in how they impact retention, professionaldevelopment, and the entrepreneurial mindset of the students at these institutions.IntroductionIn many engineering programs in the United States and around the world, it is no longersufficient to adequately train engineers with excellent left-brain skills – analysis, logicalthinking, and quantitative thought. According to Dean Julio M. Ottino of the Robert R.McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University, solvingproblems is not

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Faculty Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas E. Allen, Bucknell University; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page 22.287.11development of student life opportunities. Among these were the development of aresidential college and special interest housing, coffee talks and regular “hang-out” time. Figure 3: Interest in Participation in Extra-Curricular Initiatives Faculty development and strategies to engage faculty saw strong appeal andsupport as shown in Figure 4. Teaching in each other’s classes or sitting in each other’sclasses was high at 86%. There was also a strong interest in working on projects together(86%) and holding reading group meetings (86%). Other areas of strong supportincluding publishing together, proposal writing, shared “snap talks”, socials, and “openhouses” to each other’s laboratories, studios and workspaces. In